Download or read book Growth and Yield of Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P in Alaska written by Carolyn Rosner and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Black spruce, Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P., is largely overlooked in Alaska because of its small size and slow growth. Growth and yield information is therefore limited or nonexistent. Presented here are the first polymorphic site index (height-age) curves and height-diameter functions for predicting height and volume for Alaska black spruce. Models are accurate for trees up to 50 feet in height and 8 inches DBH. Predicted stem volumes range from 0.006 ft3 to 21.8 ft3 for trees between 0.5 and 11.5 inches DBH Sampled tree dimensions range from 5.5 to 78.0 feet tall and from 0.4 to 11.0 inches DBH. Sampled breast-height ages range from 49 to 257 years; average age-to-breast-height is 26 years. This research, although limited, also characterizes general stand-level structure and community composition for Alaska black spruce. 60 Permanent Sample Plots (PSPs) representing 20 stands were established throughout the Tanana Valley, with stand inventory conducted according to a consistent protocol. Stand densities range from 137 to 2,907 trees per acre; stand volumes ranged from 8 to 2,507 ft3 per acre. Stand density index values range from 6 to 453. Periodic remeasurement of PSPs will yield valuable information about stand evolution and community type change"--Leaf iii.
Download or read book Investigations Into Some of the Major Controls on the Productivity of a Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P Forest Ecosystem in the Interior of Alaska written by John Lun Hom and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Carbon Cycling in Three Mature Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P Forests in Interior Alaska written by Jason Gene Vogel and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Climate warming in high latitudes is expected to alter the carbon cycle of the boreal forest. Warming will likely increase the rate of organic matter decomposition and microbial respiration. Faster organic matter decomposition should increase plant available nutrients and stimulate plant growth. I examined these predicted relationships between C cycle components in three similar black spruce forests (Picea mariana [Mill] B.S.P) near Fairbanks, Alaska, that differed in soil environment and in-situ decomposition. As predicted, greater in-situ decomposition rates corresponded to greater microbial respiration and black spruce aboveground growth. However root and soil respiration were both greater at the site where decomposition was slowest, indicating greater C allocation to root processes with slower decomposition. It is unclear what environmental factor controls spruce allocation. Low temperature or moisture could cause spruce to increase belowground allocation because slower decomposition leads to low N availability, but foliar N concentration was similar across sites and root N concentration greater at the slow decomposition site. The foliar isotopic composition of 13C indicated soil moisture was lower at the site with greater root and soil respiration. From a literature review of mature black spruce forests, it appears drier (e.g. Alaska) regions of the boreal forest have greater soil respiration because of greater black spruce C allocation belowground. Organic matter characteristics identified with pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry correlated with microbial processes, but organic matter chemistry less influenced C and N mineralization than did temperature. Also, differences among sites in C and net N mineralization rates were few and difficult to explain from soil characteristics. Warming had a greater influence on C and N mineralization than the mediatory effect of soil organic matter chemistry. In this study, spruce root C allocation varied more among the three stands than other ecosystem components of C cycling. Spruce root growth most affected the annual C balance by controlling forest floor C accumulation, which was remarkably sensitive to root severing. Predicting the response of black spruce to climate change will require an understanding of how spruce C allocation responds to available moisture and soil temperature"--Leaves iii-iv.
Download or read book Nitrogen Fixation in a Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P Forest in Interior Alaska written by Margaret Mary Billington and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Microbial Activity in Alaskan Taiga Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P and Paper Birch Betula Papyrifera Marsh Forest Floor with Regard to Altered Substrate Quality written by Jill C. Brunberg and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tree Growth History Climate Sensitivity and Growth Potential of Black and White Spruce Along the Middle Kuskokwim River Alaska written by Stephen E. Winslow and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "People living in the Kuskokwim River Basin often rely on wood to heat their homes and are considering wood-fueled energy generation. To help inform community decisions we examined the growth history, climate sensitivity and growth potential of local tree species. We compared ring-width growth of 188 white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) and 77 black spruce and black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.)B.S.P.) trees sampled along 370 km of the Kuskokwim River, Alaska to mean monthly temperatures (MMT) and total monthly precipitation (TMP) at McGrath. White spruce trees were either significantly negatively correlated (r = -0.62) with MMT of August and June (-2) (two years prior to ring formation) or positively correlated (r=0.60) with MMT of April (-2) and November (-2). Black spruce trees were either negatively correlated (r = -0.64) with a warmth-dryness index composed of August and June (-1) MMT minus TMP of August and June (-2) or positively correlated (r = 0.60) with April (-1) and June (-1) MMTs. Negative growth responders predominate in eastern (warmer and dryer) locations while positive responders predominate in western (cooler, wetter) locations. The negative growth trend in interior white and black spruce decreases the potential for wood-fueled energy generation"--Leaf iii.
Download or read book Growth and Yield of Well stocked White Spruce Stands in Alaska written by Wilbur A. Farr and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Key for Predicting Postfire Successional Trajectories in Black Spruce Stands of Interior Alaska written by Jill Frances Johnstone and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill) B.S.P) is the dominant forest cover type in interior Alaska and is prone to frequent, stand-replacing wildfires. Through impacts on tree recruitment, the degree of fire consumption of soil organic layers can act as an important determinant of whether black spruce forests regenerate to a forest composition similar to the prefire forest, or to a new forest composition dominated by deciduous hardwoods. Here we present a simple, rule-based framework for predicting fire-initiated changes in forest cover within Alaska's black spruce forests. Four components are presented: (1) a key to classifying potential site moisture, (2) a summary of conditions that favor black spruce self-replacement, (3) a key to predicting postfire forest recovery in recently burned stands, and (4) an appendix of photos to be used as a visual reference tool. This report should be useful to managers in designing fire management actions and predicting the effects of recent and future fires on postfire forest cover in black spruce forests of interior Alaska.
Download or read book Black Spruce written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Structure and Function of a Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P Forest in Relation to Other Fire Affected Taiga Ecosystems written by K. Van Cleve and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Characterization of Soils Associated with Black Spruce Picea Mariana P Mill B S P in the Boreal Forest Region of Alaska written by Noreen Zaman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Soils were described, sampled, and analyzed from sixteen black spruce-dominated sites in the interior Alaska Uplands and Lowlands and south-central Brooks Range across a range of parent materials, landforms, landform positions, and slopes. Soil morphological, physical, and chemical properties of each horizon were determined. Parent materials included loess, alluvium, residuum, tephra, and glacial till. Both permafrost-dominated and permafrost-free sites were included. The dominant soil texture was silt loam. Soil horizon consistencies were mainly friable when moist, slightly sticky and nonplastic when wet, and extremely firm where frozen. Soil colors had redominantly yellowish hues, except for poorly drained and permafrost-underlain soils which had redoximorphic features. Soil structures were generally granular in surface horizons, subangular blocky in subsurface horizons for most well drained sites, and platy, lenticular, or massive at poorly drained and permfrost-underlain sites. Soil boundaries were generally abrupt or clear smooth except for wavy, broken, or irregular boundaries in horizons that had experienced disturbance. Roots were concentrated in the organic and upper mineral horizons but extended deeper in well drained soils compared to soils with impeded drainage or permafrost. Organic matter content generally decreased with depth except in reduced and frozen horizons, in soils affected by fluvial events, and soils with tephra. Organic matter controls pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), exchangeable acidity, the forms of extractable aluminum (Al) and iron (Fe), and nutrient availability. Both pH and base saturation increased with depth; CEC, exchangeable acidity, and extractable Fe and Al decreased with depth. The low concentrations of extractable Fe and Al reflect weak weathering in the cold environment. One-half of the organic matter in the studied soils consisted of organic carbon, thus a conversion factor of 2.08 is more appropriate and suggested for interior Alaska black spruce forest soils for estimating soil organic matter from %OC (SOM = (conversion factor) x %OC). Black spruce occurs on a wide range of parent materials, landscapes, and drainage conditions. Thus its status as an indicator species of wetlands must be carefully reassessed to prevent incorrect designation of uplands just because of it's presence"--Leaves iii-iv.
Download or read book The Structure and Function of a Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P Forest in Relation to Other Fire Affected Taiga Ecosystems written by K. Van Cleve and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Progress Report and Proposed Research for the Continuation Proposal Dealing with the Structure and Function of a Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P Forest in Relation to Other Fire Affected Taiga Ecosystems written by K. Van Cleve and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growth and Foliar Nutrient Concentrations of Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P Seedlings Treated with a Combination of Paper Mill Sludge and Wood Ash written by Robert K. Shepard and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growth and Foliar Nutrient Voncentrations of Black Spruce Picea Mariana Mill B S P Seedlings Threated with a Combination of Paper Mill Sludge and Wood Ash written by Robert K. Shepard and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genetic Variance of Height Growth and Cone Production in Progeny of Black Spruce PICEA MARIANA MILL B S P in Maine written by Djoko Iriantono and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the Alaska Forest Soil Productivity Workshop written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
